20 September 2020: Today’s News Headlines

September 20, 2020

[no_toc]Here are top News Headlines of 20th September 2020.

Rajya Sabha passes Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Bill, 2020 to punish those attacking healthcare workers
Covid-19: Commercial launch of Tata CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) test approved by DGCI (Drug Controller General of India); developed by CSIR-IGIB (Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology)
NITI Aayog, ISPP (Indian School of Public Policy) join hands for capacity building of government officials
Tamil Nadu becomes first state with AI, blockchain, cybersecurity policies
Veteran Rabindra Sangeet exponent Purba Dam dies at 85 in Kolkata

Lok Sabha passes Bill to amend Companies Act to decriminalise and reduce/remove penalties of various offences, promote ease of doing business
Rajya Sabha passes bill to ensure that fresh insolvency proceedings will not be initiated for at least six months starting March 25 under IBC (Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code)
Lok Sabha gives nod to Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation and Amendment of Certain Provisions) Bill, 2020
India’s total external debt increased by 2.8% to USD 558.5 billion at the end of March 2020
Bills on occupational safety, social security and industrial relations introduced in Lok Sabha; to allow companies with less than 300 workers to terminate employment without prior approval
KVIC gets Flipkart, Amazon, Snapdeal to remove 160 fake Khadi products online

Konkan Railway delivers two DMUC (Diesel-Electric Multiple Unit) trains to the Nepal Railway for Jaynagar (Bihar)-Kurtha (Nepal) broad gauge line; built by Integrated Coach Factory, Chennai
Nepal introduces new text books with revised map incorporating Indian territory of Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura
50th meeting of India’s BSF and Border Guard Bangladesh concludes in Dhaka
US bans Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat citing threat to national security
Ruth Ginsburg, former US Supreme Court judge and women’s rights champion, dies at 87
Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney quits as UK’s special envoy on media freedom

Sports activities resume at SAI training centres under “Khelo India-Firr Se” drive: Kiren Rijiju
IPL: Chennai Super Kings beat Mumbai Indians by five wickets in first match played in Abu Dhabi